I am no great photographer so my pics make the Brigade Games miniatures seem a tad larger than they actually are. They are only slightly taller than the Empress figures in the flesh, although they are much chunkier with bigger heads and Wolseley helmets, thick lower legs (the puttees are somewhat overdone) and oversized weapons - the bayonets in particular. As I wrote a couple of pages ago, the Copplestone Tommies are giants on steroids toting Lee-Enfield bazookas.
Warts and all, I'm still fond of my old BG figures and will keep those I have, but the new Empress offerings beat the other ranges hands down : they're crisper, more refined, far more correct anatomically and their weapons are a lot more proportional to boot.